Welkom High School Admissions 2024-2025
Welkom High School Admissions 2024-2025: School Subjects
Welkom High School has released their admission date on the official website for the academic year. If you are a student willing to apply and study at the school, please remember to apply early and also attach the necessary documentation during the application process.
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Subjects Offered at Welkom High School
Below is the list of subjects offered at the institution:
Grade Evenings
The grade evenings are the responsibility of the Grade Head, the registered educators of a specific grade, as well as the RCL members of the grade.
Grade evenings have three purposes. Firstly, they serve to communicate general information. Secondly, they provide an opportunity for educators to meet with parents of learners who have academic problems and, thirdly, they provide an opportunity for educators can meet with parents of learners who have disciplinary problems.
Every term, reports under-achieving learners and those with discipline problems will be retained. In some cases, parents can collect these at the grade evening. All subject educators will be present in the evening and have the relevant assessment records with them in order to discuss the learner’s problems with his/her parent/guardian. The venue is the school hall so that parents are able to meet with educators conveniently and expeditiously.
Learning Areas offered in Grades 8 and 9
All subjects offered are compulsory and no subject choices are allowed.
Learners should choose subjects which will enable them to study their chosen occupation or to undergo the necessary practical training. Subjects should be chosen that coincide with learners’ interests and intellectual capabilities. When choosing subjects for Grade 10, due regard should be given to the requirements for tertiary study. Guidance in this matter will be given in Grade 9, and information in this respect is available on request.
It is compulsory for learners taking Physical Science to take Mathematics as well. The choice of Mathematics in Grade 10 depends on Grade 9 performance
- Home Language  –  English
- First Additional Language  –  Afrikaans
- Mathematics  (Maths)
- Natural Sciences  (NS)
- Social Studies  (SS)
- Technology  (Tech)
- Economic and Management Sciences  (EMS)  (Focus on Accounting)
- Life Orientation  (LO)
- Arts and Culture  (AC)
Subject choices for Grade 10:
REQUIREMENTS
- Mathematics            –  45 per cent minimum in Grade 9
- Physical Science    –  Mathematics is compulsory
- CAT Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â – Â 20 words per minute typing
- Accounting              –  40 per cent minimum for Accounting in Term 4 in Grade 9
One subject should be selected from each group so that learners have four different subjects from the four groups. Ensure that seven different subjects are chosen, including the three compulsory subjects.
Compulsory subjects:
- English Home Language
- Afrikaans First Additional Language
- Mathematics OR Mathematical Literacy
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The fees for Welkom High School
Admission Process for Welkom High School
1. Preamble
The Admission Policy of Welkom High School has been drawn up to be non-discriminatory and was taken up under advisement to comply with provincial and national standards and legislation.
Admission to a quality school will always be an emotional issue, which must be handled and managed responsibly. The School Governing Body at Welkom High School uses the following principles to admit learners to our School.
2. Admission criteria
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Welkom High School has historically drawn learners from two main areas Aurora Primary School and Welkom Preparatory School. However, a lot of primary schools in the vicinity have changed their profiles and therefore cannot be excluded. On an average of previous years’ statistics, this constitutes 75% of our enrolments.
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Preference would be given to learners whose parents reside closest to the School or whose parents’ workplace is closest to the school.
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Preference would also be given to learners who have brothers and/or sisters in our School. This however is only a consideration in terms of cost-effectiveness to the parents.
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We will only admit learners who are within the national age norm meaning the grade plus six years, for example, Grade 8 + 6 = 14 years old. However, to accommodate learners that have either been kept back in a phase or that were enrolled at schools at a later age, we will accommodate learners who have the age of the grade plus seven, for example: Grade 8 + 7 = 15 years old.
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Due to the fact that Welkom High School has a hostel, 15% of enrolments can be allocated to hostel accommodation. This is to ensure that, being a Section 21 School, the hostel is not a burden to the finances of the School, but to manage in such a way that it is financially independent and to ensure that departmental job opportunities are kept in place.
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If applications do not comply with the above criteria, the learners will be put on a waiting list.
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On this waiting list, learners who need hostel accommodation will get preference, due to the reason mentioned in point 3.
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The School also has to cater for its own failures. This usually constitutes about 10% of the enrolments.
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The percentage in the above points makes up 100% of the enrolments. If however, applications are received that do not fall into those categories, they would be put on a waiting list and placed as space becomes available. school subjects
3. Appeal procedure
If the School refuses a learner, the parent is entitled to appeal to the HOD, through the District Office of Education in writing.
The School Governing Body will accept the outcome of the appeal in full.
4. Documentation
Parents/Guardians may apply for admission from the date announced by the Department, with the following documentation:
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A copy of the learner’s Identity Document/Birth Certificate;
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Immunisation Card;
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Transfer Card (if applicable);
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The latest Report Card;
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Copy of Water & Lights Account (or any other Proof of Residential Address).
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A copy of the ID document of the parent or guardian who enrols the learner.
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Any other documentation required by the school as proof of legal status and or financial status.
5. General
As required by legislation the School will and may not discriminate on grounds of religion or language. It is however the wish of the parent body of the school that an English and Christian ethos is part of the school and its history. The medium of instruction is English and English will be viewed in the school as the Primary Language of learners and the values, attitudes and moral preparedness will be of a Christian perspective. Welkom High School Admissions 2024-2025
The School Governing Body may from time to time amend, modify, supplement and/or alter the contents of this document.
School Subjects
Welkom High School Contact Information
- Address:
63 Falstaff Street
Bedelia, Welkom, 9459 - Telephone: 057 352 3806
- Email: info@welkomhigh.co.za or reception@welkomhigh.co.za
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